What Is The Catch With Hourly CDL Driving Job?

From time to time I see advertisements about driving for a company at an hourly wage. You would think that is not a bad gig, but what's the catch, drawbacks, landmines when it comes to these hourly type positions?

From time to time I see advertisements about driving for a company at an hourly wage. You would think that is not a bad gig, but what's the catch, drawbacks, landmines when it comes to these hourly type positions?

Usually means you will be a local (city) driver and have to do the unloading at the stops. There wouldn`t be many miles on such a route so being paid by the mile wouldn`t work. Basically will be more actual labor I guess.

Rolling thunder that isn't always entirely true. I get paid hourly and i average between 400 and 600 miles a trip. And travel pretty much all of the northeast. I understands though my job is hard to come by.

But to answer your question, i agree with what rolling said. The biggest draw back i can think of would be that your more than likely going to be handling freight a lot. Hourly positions i think tend to be more focused on delivery because companies can keep the routes consistent to make sure the hours stay regular. Although other than that I can't think of any real drawbacks to getting paid like this. Hope that helps.